GFX Strings - How To

[aquamac]

Try 600/750. Quadro 5500 is only around that. It would be interesting to see if it solves the problem.

[darkfashion]

windows freezes för couple of seconds then black screen for about one second, then back to normal for couple of seconds and this is repeating .... 2 sec freeze, 1 sec black , 2 sec

that was during i made the clock change

650 -> 600
800 -> 750 set in nibitor

used the commands nvflash -4 -5 -6 -j xxx.rom

and... it doesn´t helped =(



but after some minutes, after flashin with new clock value,
the flackering mentioned above are almost not there anymore


any sugestions on that? =)

[aquamac]

Hi darkfashion,

You could try windows with the original 7900 rom. If you get the same problem the card is toast. If you don't, I can change the rom back to a fixed version of the 7900 GTX to boot in a hackintosh instead of Quadro.

PS,

Nice pic you sent. So you were busy on a Sunday?

[darkfashion]

Yes, i had several sessions all sunday, nice =)

well.. the card is toasted, so, im going to grab another one tomorrow . thank you, thank you, thank you for all your help, and my offer is of cource still on! =)

[cmraseye]

always find this forum helpful...but I am stuck at the moment.

i7-920
6 Gb
9800 GT w/512Mb
running 10.5.7
GA EX58-UB5 mobo

just can't seem to get QE/CI to work. tried the strings, made sure no injectors were present, current drivers are there.

here's what it looks like:

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0614
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: netkas.org
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
LCD2690WUXi2:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
QuartzGL: Supported


I'm looking at the rev status, is that 'netkas.org' entry a clue to my problem?

any other suggestions???

thanks!!! ~Rob

[darkfashion]

Hi there! =)

Guess who went to the store and bought a XFX Geforce 9500GT 1 gb ? =)

and guess who didn´t make it work ?

is there some magic kext on this? anyone knows?

I tried NVdarwin_Installer_1.2.5.mpkg.zip but i just install this package and choose 1024 option.

I think i must go EFI with osx86 tools to get it right.

www.darkfashion.se/9500GT.rar <- rom




nuts.. sometimes im wondering why i didn´t have some attention back in school when we had programming

[aquamac]

cmraseye,

The rev id tells me you have Netkas's ATIinit.kext in your system/Contents/extensions folder. If you were using strings with this it would overwrite them and stop them from working anyway. You must have installed it when you put the operating system on your PC. That of course not to say that strings will work.

darkfashion,

I don't think NVDarwin 1.25 is recent enough for your card, use strings.

[darkfashion]

yes, i thing so to.

Acuamac... Would you be kind and help me read out the string from my attached rom? Or is there a "easy way" to do it not involving any hex process?

[darkfashion]

HAHA!!! I Made it=)

or i made something =)

used osx86tools.. add efi string. took "custom" at the bottom .. added name "geforge 9500 GT"

1GB

And added to boot.

restarted.. in 1024 x 768 .. chenged res to 1280 x 1024... got blue screen... restarted.. Voila =)

Thanks to all off you!!
For about 3 days i didn´t know what a string was... =)

Best regards!!!


PS! The card´s full name is " XFX Geforce 9500 GT 1 GB "

Hope this help some that drops by here with same card. and im actually a real noob into hackintoch system with no programming experience.

[feins]

I cant get it work on my Zoltac GTX 280 AMP with 1024 Ram.

I got a Kernal Panic after the grey apple screen.

[stillingen]

Sept 27, 2009 5:34:47 GMT fcbayern said:

Ok Aquaman, VOILA
I fixed
In the previos post when i say that the NVCAP was correct, I have been postin accordin to .rom that I've downloaded from the net, and the rezult was that, no wrong NVCAP
But now, I've booted in BIOS, and with the command : nvflash -b -backup.rom, I've read the eproom of my Nvidia 9800 gt, and the loged in SL, open NVCAP maker 1.4,and the rezult was new nvcap :04000000 00000900 06000000 00000007 00000000
I changed this in Your in.plist, get new efistring, changed that in boot.plist, and here i go
TNAHKS AGAIN for giving me direction what could be wrong
THANKS

I have the same issue as you, but I´m a total noob. Is there a step by step guide on how to solve this?

Edit: One step further. Can I copy your nvcap value? And, in the in.pilst where does the nvcap value go?

Is it were it reads <key>NVCAP</key> or is it the <data> field bellow?

[darkfashion]

Stillingen

Have you try with osx86tools ?

( Not that i know it works.. but it maybe is more easy to try with)

[macwynn]

You rock first of all, thanks for all your efforts.....

Far from a noob at the Hac, I figure I have gone past almost all major OSX86 challenges and have done this on over 50 different systems with many unique challenges.

This one has me flummoxed. EVGA GTX 285 2GB Model

Aquamac: I have tried everything (that I know) and to no avail.

QE/CI works BUT Sys Profiler says I have 4294965248 MB VRAM and Final Cut will launch but not after reporting I have -2048MB of VRAM and then won't do much of anything of course. Motion won't even load a template.

Tried ATY_ from netkas, graphics string from you, EVGA kexts, and combos of anything that seemed to make sense.

My device graphics section reads:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 DDL:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 DDL
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 4294965248 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x05e3
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3172a
Displays:
SAMSUNG:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Television: Yes
VW246:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported


ANY help you can give would be appreciated. This is all vanilla with all legal copies of Snow and FInal Cut Studio.

Thanks!

Mac Wynn

[aquamac]

Hi,

Now thats what you call a decent amount of video ram!!!!!I will take a look at this then post back.

[macwynn]

hey aqua....

Saw you added a 2048mb 285 to you list so I tried the string I built with gfxutil but I just wanted to ask if I am supposed to remove all the NVDA files from S/L/E as well as NVResman.

Don't think so but I did get rid of injector and rebuilt caches.

Same prob exists.

Thoughts?

Yes 4+GB VRAM would be nice. : ) MacWynn=3D artist / motion grafx

thanks again...

Mac Wynn